More recently, she boldly dissented from the majority view of the Supreme Court collegium over appointments to the apex court. Nagarathna is on course to making history by becoming the first woman Chief Justice of India on September 25, 2027. The brief statement merely stated that the Supreme Court collegium, in its meeting held on August 25, recommended the elevation of Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Pancholi as judges in the Supreme Court. Justice Nagarathna is the only woman judge in the Supreme Court at present. We have taken the oath of Constitution.” She said this in November 2009 while emerging from a siege laid on the court by lawyers protesting against the then Chief Justice of the High Court Justice P.D.